Obamacare sign-ups continue to increase
Source: LA Times
Enrollment continued to be strongest in California, which runs its own insurance marketplace and website. Covered California, as the marketplace is known, recorded 107,000 sign-ups in its first two months.
The federal figures also showed that 181,817 Californians have qualified for an expansion of Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program for the poor.
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The acceleration in sign-ups was particularly pronounced in the 36 states that rely on the federal government and its HealthCare.gov site for enrollment. The other states run their own sites.
More than 110,000 people chose a plan in November through the federally run marketplace, more than four times the number in October. Enrollment on the federal marketplace increased even more quickly in the first week of December after major website repairs were made, with more than 50,000 sign-ups, according to an official familiar with the numbers. December enrollment numbers have not been officially tallied.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-obamacare-enrollment-20131212,0,1951280.story#axzz2nF256YpD
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(2,397 posts)Like the stock market...kinda. And positive press.
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(2,088 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)We decided to wait, so this was our first attempt. We zipped right through it.
We did stop at the point where we choose the plan. It was dinner time and we decided to spend more time checking things out.
The only irritation was estimating income. Our income will be down for several reasons since 2012 ( we took an IRA withdrawal then)
We also have to send in a proof of employment. We got a list of things we could use, and it said we just had to send in one of them. We are going to use a pay stub. It says to mail or send electronically at healthcare.gov, but I don't see on the site where you actually get a link.
I'll have to investigate more on that. Anyone know?